Senior Associate - PIIPL

The role

This role is for a Senior Associate within TLT's Public Inquiries, Inquests & Public Law (PIIPL) team in London. The position is for an experienced lawyer with at least 3 years of PQE in litigation, focusing on complex public law matters.

What you'll do

• Act as a supporting Solicitor to statutory and non-statutory inquiries
• Undertake internal investigations and independent reviews
• Provide legal advice to the Inquiry Team and contribute to senior relationship management with recognised legal representatives, core participants, witnesses and document providers
• Handle or lead complex, multi-disciplinary, professional, multi-strand legal or investigative environments
• Handle or lead complex, large-scale projects, including involvement in delivery of large-scale disclosure/e-disclosure/document production/information management exercises
• Deal with Public law challenges, advising on merits of defending judicial review claims and grounds for issuing JR challenges
• Advise on litigation related to national security matters
• Plan, define and implement strategies to support delivery against client need
• Lead and project manage document-heavy review processes to identify key relevant materials
• Establish defined programmes of work and monitor delivery
• Give clear and detailed instructions to witnesses to ensure delivery of high-quality evidence
• Support witnesses in advance of giving oral evidence
• Supervise the work delegated to other team members, adopting a supportive and collegiate approach to the development of others
• Work flexibly across workstreams and delegate tasks to other team members, driving efficiency and maximising available resource

What we're looking for

Benefits